After ending their two-game winning streak, the morale-boosting Miami Heat returned home and were challenged by the Junior Hornets.
In terms of the Heat, the three core lowry + Butler + Adebayor are ready to lead the team to defend the home court, pointing to three consecutive wins!
On the other hand, on the Hornets side, Bridges + three-goal Lamelo Ball has been in hot form recently, and whether the team can withstand the pressure and win on the road has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game!
However, after four quarters of fighting, the Heat, which had home field advantage, in the first half, relied on the excellent play of Butler + Adebayo + Taylor Hiro to suppress the Hornets all the way and achieved a huge advantage of nearly 26 points.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Butler ushered in a small outbreak in the third quarter, shooting 10 points in a single quarter to help the Heat keep the initiative on the court.
In the final quarter of the showdown, Butler + Adebayor once again exerted its strength to completely take over the game, and finally the Heat, who was full of enthusiasm, also defeated the Hornets 114-99 at home, successfully defending the home stadium at the same time, but also won a wave of 3 consecutive wins!
Playing at home in this game, facing the Heat in their own baskets can be described as all soldiers, playing a team performance with 4 people scoring in double figures and multi-point blossoming.
In the case of Duncan Robinson + Lowry + Big Morris and other tigers, continuing to perform steadily, the two core Butler + Adebayo who jointly cut down 58 + 29, and the play of Taylor Hiro on the bench are particularly critical!
Butler was very efficient in this game, starting 35 minutes, shooting 12 of 12 free throws and 7 of 7 of 19 shooting, and exploded a game-high 32 points, plus 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block all-around performance.
And in the case of the Hornets launching a crazy counterattack in the second half, Butler's lead performance is indeed worthy of his title as the leader of the team!
In addition, Adebayo, as a good partner, also lived up to expectations, contributing 26 points + 19 rebounds + 2 assists + 2 steals + 1 blocked big double-double performance.
At the same time, it provided strong firepower and vitality for both ends of the team's inner line of attack and defense, and once became a difficult existence for opponents to solve!
Of course, the heat's hero who was able to win this game was Tyler Hiro, the youngster on the bench.
In this campaign, Taylor Hiro regained his previous fiery feel, came off the bench for 30 minutes, shot 9 from the field and hit 4 three-pointers on 13 shooting, and scored 26 points, 5 rebounds , 6 assists and 1 steal.
And his heroic performance of scoring 13 points in the second quarter not only successfully disrupted the Hornets' defensive rhythm and deployment, but also made a great contribution to the Heat's 3 consecutive wins!
On the other hand, on the Hornets side, the team was suppressed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game, and the final defeat of 15 points of the game performance obviously needs to be examined.
As the core defender of the team, the three-goal Lamelo Bauer's performance in this game is indeed very sluggish, debuting in 27 minutes and only 2 of the 14 shots feel cold, and the outside three-point shot is 5 shots and 0 completely lost the crosshairs.
It has to be said that in the face of the Heat, which is tougher defensively, more physically confrontational, and faster defensive, the thin three-ball Lamelo Ball is completely undependent in size, and the performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is not online!
But for the Hornets, this game, the team is not completely without gains.
After all, bridges + Oubre + Cody Martin and other main players have maintained a good competitive state, and the core hayward of the team has achieved a team-high 23 points, plus a stable performance of 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block.
For the young Hornets, if the team wants to make a difference in the new season, the Hornets obviously can't fully hope for the three-goal young people, and these experienced and powerful veterans led by Hayward may be the key to determining the team's new season height!